Wired Youth

Wired Youth: The Online Social World of Adolescence, 2nd Edition, provides a research-based sociological examination of adolescent online communication. The text demonstrates how youth sociability in digital environments remains anchored in wider social structures and shaped by technological affordances.

The volume investigates how young people navigate online spaces to construct and maintain interpersonal relationships. Key discussions examine domestic internet use, general youth sociability, and the structural consequences of information and communication technologies for existing social ties and network configurations.

Synthesizing theoretical approaches from sociology, psychology, and education, the book supports both undergraduate and advanced students across related disciplines. It addresses subject matter relevant to youth studies, media studies, developmental psychology, social psychology, and interpersonal ties.